Etymology

Redshaw

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English rēad
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromrēad“red”
  2. English todayRedshaw

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishrēad all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.